L'oreal Project Runway LE Polish in The Mystic's Future and glittery chevrons

Hi Ladies! Happy Thursday!

Today I have a fun glittery chevron mani to share with you all. I received some loose glitter from KKCenterHK Online store a few weeks ago, and I was dying to play with it. I managed to find the perfect polish to pair it with in my stash, and decided to create a glitter/tape manicure.

I started with a base of L'Oreal The Mystic's Future, a stunning fuchsia leaning purple from their Project Runway Collection. This color is just gorgeous! Such a bright, saturated polish and the application was perfection. After my base color dried, I taped off my nails and added chevrons using Milani Deep Thoughts, a deep, shimmery purple. Then I added the loose glitter along the lines of the chevrons. I love the final product!

The glitter comes in a round container jam packed with 10 grams of shiny, hex goodness... more glitter than I can use in a lifetime (which is good since now that I have tried it I really want to incorporate it into more manis). This glitter is bright purple 1.5mm hex glitter, so it's not too large to use in most nail art. It's lovely and shimmery and surprisingly, stayed put even before I topcoated over it. There are so many ways to use this kind of glitter: full nail glitter, chevrons, diagonal lines, frames..the possibilities are endless. I found this easy to work with, requiring nothing more than the tip of my smallest dotting tool and a little gelous to help grab the glitter.

 






































I am really happy with how this mani came out! I do not want to remove it, ever! I love the subtle contrast of the colors, and the bit of flair from the glitter. Not too subtle, not too in your face.  Not bad for my first time using loose glitter!

KKCenterHK Item # N.Nail-B0813-1.5mm

This glitter comes in a 10 gram tub, and sells for $5.86. If you're a fan of loose glitter, this a great deal for enough glitter to last for at lest a few years! You can find this particular glitter here, (or click the picture above) and KKCenterHK has loose glitter in many more colors and sizes. For 10% off, be sure to use code KimbersKorner at checkout (there's also a link in my sidebar).

What do you think of this look?

I don't know about you guys, but I am definitely going to be using more loose glitter in my manis. So very cool!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

Another Gradient feat. China Glaze Reggae to Riches and Milani Deep Thoughts

Happy Wednesday guys! Halfway to the weekend already! WooHoo!

Today I am sharing the gradient I added to my Reggae to Riches Mani. I love wearing a really striking color on it's own, but I tend to get bored easily and want to play with my nails. Usually on the second day or so I end up adding something to my existing mani. This time I decided I wanted to add a vibrant pop of color, and settled on a gradient effect.

I chose Milani Deep Thoughts to add to RTR since I love pink and purple together and Deep Thoughts is such a gorgeous deep yet still vibrant purple. I went old school with this one, since the latest gradient technique that Sammi shared with us doesn't work well with these 2 colors. RTR is just too sheer to make it work well. I used a makeup sponge cut into small pieces and sponged from the tip of my nail toward the cuticle with Deep Thoughts, and then sponged a little Reggae to Riches over the center of Deep Thoughts. I love how it turned out, and I can't believe how may compliments I received!

Keep in mind that macro shots are unforgiving, so this mani didn't look as bumpy and rough IRL.  It did however flash all sorts of colors! The blue in RTR was very obvious, especially where I sponged a bit over the purple. This was another mani where I just could not stop staring at my nails! My husband really loved this one as well. He wanted me to stamp over it, but I never managed to find the time to add any more to this one.

Without further adieu, here is Reggae to Riches with Milani Deep Thoughts!

I am loving gradients (who isn't, right?), and I really love them with vivid colors! It's such a great way to update an existing mani, and they can look so chic with subtle colors. Yup, gradients are pure awesomesauce.

Next up: The Mani I created for X Out, a new product from the makers of ProActiv.  I cannot wait to share this one, folks! I'm rather proud of it!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber